Guy Smith | April 27, 2007
When Charles Gibson — the latest serial talking head on ABC’s evening news — reported that they had collaborated on a new gun control public opinion poll, I knew there would be ample buncombe. Having dug into details about gun control surveys over the years — and oddly enough having both education and experience with survey design [...]
Guy Smith | April 23, 2007
“Rich people didn’t make America great.” Hillary Clinton, April 21, 2007
Guy Smith | April 22, 2007
A fellow writer and I were discussing why some agents and publishers decline to accect simultaneous submissions (manuscripts sent to multiple agents/publishers at the same time). There certainly are a number of economic reasons why either group would not want to compete for a valuable manuscript.
Which is why writers should ignore these “restrictions”.
First, let’s be [...]
Guy Smith | April 21, 2007
A while back I entered into a discussion about global climate change. Being a newcomer to the controversy, I asked three common sense questions:
* Is it getting warmer?
* If so, is this unusual?
* If it is unusual, how much of a part do humans play?
An alleged scientist in the discussion, in a pompous and arrogant [...]
Guy Smith | April 13, 2007
You would think that World War Four erupted by the furor over a narcotic abusing talking head and his “nappy headed ho” commentary about the Rutgers women’s basketball team. In all this heated debated, the important core issue has been lost.
The problem isn’t that he was demeaning to women and blacks.
The problem wasn’t that all [...]
